INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION 2001 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY, SUITE203, ARLINGTONVIRGINIA

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1 """"'COp~.eta"" '~ AlpLA. ~:~fl~~ 'w ~ NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCATON 2001 JEFFERSON DAVS HGHWAY SUTE203 ARLNGTONVRGNA Telephone (703) Facsmle(703) March MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: PCT Semnar Partcpants Martha Morales Enclosed please fnd copes ofthe sldes that Mr. Lous Maassel presented at the PCT Semnar.on February Formerly AMERCAN PATENT LAW ASSOCATON (APLA)

2 ;Yo PCTFORMS (Annex A to the Admnstratve nstructons under the PCT) PART V Request and Demand Forms (Applcable as from January 1996)

3 Box No. For recevng Offce use only pet nternatonalapplcatonno. REQUEST nternatonalflng Date The undersgned reqnests that the present nternatonal applcaton be processed accordng to the Patent Cooperaton Treaty. TTLE OF NVENTON Name of recevngoffce and "pet nternatonal Applcaton" Applcant's or agent's fle reference (fdesred) (12characters maxmu" Box No. APPLCANT. Name and ac"<y" (Famly nam'l/llowed by gven name; for a legal entty. fuj offcal desgnaton. addressmustncludepostalcode'and name ofcountry) D Ths person s also nventor. Telephone No. Facsmle NQ Teleprnter No. State {.e. corntry) ofnaonajty: 1 State (.e. country) of resdence: Ths person 15 applcant D all desgnated o all desgnated Statesexcept D the Unted States D the States ndcatedn for the purposes of: States the UntedStatesof Amenca of Amercaonly the Supplemental Box Box No. Name and address: : : FURTHER APPLCANT(S) ANDOR (FURTHER) NVENTOR(S) (Famly namerl/:llowed by gven name; for a legal entty fll offcal desgnaton. address mustncludepostalcodeandnameofcountry.) Ths person s: D applcant only D applcant and nventor D nventor only (lfths check-box s marked do n.otfll n below.) ' State (.e. c~untry) of natonalty: 1 State (.e. country) of resdence: Ths person S applcant D alldesgnated D all desgnated States except D theunted States D the States ndcated n for the purposes of: States theunted States ofamenca ofamerca only the Supplemental Box Further applcants and/or (further) nventorsare ndcatedon a contnuatonsheet. D Box No. V AGENT OR COMMON REPRESENTATVE; OR ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE The person dentfed below s hereby/has been appontedto act on behalf of the applcantts) before the competentnternatonalauthortes as: o agent o common representatve Name and address: (Famly nam'l/llowedby gven name; for a legalentty full offcal Telephone No. desgnaton. address mustncludepostalcodeandnameofcountry) Facsmle No. Teleprnter No. o Mark ths check-box where no agent or commonrepresentatve s/has been apponted and the space above s used nstead to ndcate a specal address to whch correspondence should be sent.. Form PCTR0/101 (frst sheet) (5 July 1994; reprnt January 1996) See Notes to the requestform

4 Contnuato of Box No. FURTHER APPLCANTS AND/OR (FURTHER)NVENTORS fnone ofthefollowngsub-boxes s used ths sheets not to be ncludedn the request. Name and (Famly narnerl/:llowed by gven name; Jor a legal entty fuj offcal desgnaton. e address must ncludepostalcode andname ofcountry.) Ths person s: D applcant only D applcant and nventor D nventor only (fths check-box s marked do notfll n below.) State (t.e. conty) of natonalty: State (.e. country) of resdence: Ths person s applcant D all desgnated D all desgnated States except D theunted States D the States ndcated n for the purp9sesof: States theunted States of Amenca of Amerca only the Supplemental Box Name and address: (Famly namw::llowed by gven name; Jor a legal entty full offcal desgnaton. address must nclude postal code andname ofcountry.) State (.e. country) of natonalty: State (.e. country) ofresdence: Ths person s: D applcant only D applcant and nventor D nventor only (fths check-box s marked do notfll n below.) Ths person ~ applcant D all desgnated D all desgnated States except D the Unted States D the States ndcated n for the purposes-of States theunted States of Amenca ofamerca only the Supplemental Box Name and (Famly namw::llowed by gven name; Jor a legal entty fuj offcal desgnaton. address must nclude postal code andname ofcountry.) Ths person s: D applcant only D applcant and nventor D nventor only (fths check-box. s marked do notfll n below.) State (.e. cocnty) of natonalty: State (.e. country) of resdence: Ths person s applcant D all desgnated D all desgnated States except D the Unted States D the States ndcated n for the purposes of: States. the Unted States of Amerca of Amerca only the Supplemental Box~ Name and (Famly namf{~llowed by gven name; Jor a legalentty fur offcal desgnaton. e address must ncludepostalcode and name ofcountry.) Ths person s: D applcant only D applcant and nventor D nventor only (fths check-box s marked do notjll n below.). State (.e. co~ntty) of natonalty: State (.e. country) of resdence: Ths person S applcant D all desgnated D all desgnated States except D the Unted States D the States ndcated n for the purpqse~ of: States theunted States of Amenca of Amerca only the Supplemental Box D Further applcants and/or (further) nventors are ndcated on another contnuaton sheet. Form PCTRO/Q1 (contnuaton sheet) (July 1993; reprnt January 1996) See Notes to the requestform

5 Box No.v DESGNATON OF STATES The follojng desgnatons are hereby made under Rule 4.9(a) (mark the applcablecheck-boxes; at least one must be marked): Regonal Patent o Al ARPO Patent: KE Kenya LS Lesotho MW MalawSD SudanSZ SwazlandUG Uganda and any other State whch : s a Contractng State of the Harare Protocol and of the PCT o El Enrasan Patent: AZ AzerbajanBYBelarusKZ Kazakstan RU RussanFederatonr JTajkstan ''M Turkmenstan. and any other State whch s a Contractng State of the Eurasan Patent Conventon and of the PCT ' o EP European Patent: AT Austra BE Belgum CH and L Swtzerlandand Lechtensten DE Germany DK Denmark ES Span FJl France GB Unted Kngdom GR Greece E reland T taly LU Luxembourg' MC Monaco'. NL Neth;r1ands PT Portugal SE Sweden and any other State whch s a Contractng State of the European Patent : Conventonand of the pet. o 0"\ OAP Patent: BF Burkna Faso BJ Benn CF CentralAfrcanRepublcCG Congo C C6te d'~\>lre CM Carneroon GA Gabon GN Gunea ML Malt MR Maurtana NE Nger SN Senegal ''D Chad TG Togo and any other State whch samemberstatecfoap andacontractng StateofthepeT(fotherknda/protectonor treatmentdesred specfy : 9f1 dolled lne). A~ Albana 0 MD Republc of Moldova AM Armena MG Madagascar. o A+Austra MK The former Yugoslav Republc of Macedona NatonalPatent (tfother knd a/protecton or treatmentdesred specfy on dotted lne): o AU Australa..... o At Azerbajan 0 MN Mongola BJ Barbados 0 MW Malaw. Bj; Bulgara MX Mexco. B} Brazl NO Norway BY Belarus 0 NZ New Zealand.. C} Canada PL Poland.. qland L Swtzerland and Lechtensten 0 PT Portugal. CN Chna RO Romana c Czech Republc RU Russan Federaton D~ (Jermany"""... 0 SD Sudan D* Denmark... 0 SE Sweden Ell Estona 0 SG Sngapore E~ Span... 0 S Slovena ". F Fnland.... SK Slovaka. GJ Unted Kngdom 0 TJ Tajkstan. GE Georga... 0 ''M Turkmenstan. Hlp Hungary 0 TR Turkey. S celand 0 TT Trndad and Tobago. JP 'apan... 0 UA Ukrane. Kj: Kenya... 0 UG Uganda. o Kf Kyrgyzstan... 0 US Unted States of Amerca. o ~ Democratc People's Republcof Korea UZ Uzbekstan. K} Republc of Korea VN Vet Narn. o KZ Kazakstan.. L} Sn Lanka Lj. Lbera o L~ Lesotho.. Lthuana LU Luxembourg. Latva Check-boxes reserved for desgnatng States (for the purposes of a natonal patent) whch have become party to the PCT after ssuance of ths sheet: o o L~ O o L~ o n addftlon 10 the desgnatons made above the applcant also makes under Rule 4.9(b) all desgnatons whch would be permtted under the 'PQTexcept the desgnaton(s) of.. The applcantdeclaresthat those addtonal desgnatons are subjectto confrmaton and that any desgnaton whch s not confrmed beforeth~ expratonof 15monthsfromthe prortydate s to be regarded as wthdrawn by the applcantat the expratonof that tme lmt. (Cohjnnaton of a desgnaton conssts of the flng of a notce specfyng that desgnaton and thepayment ofthe desgnaton and confrmaton fees. Confrmaton mustreach therecevng Offce wthn the15 tme lmt.) wmonth Form PCTf\'t0/O (second sheet) (January 1996) See Notes to the request/arm

6 supptemental Box Useths box ~n the followng cases: 1. f n any ofthe Boxes the space s nsuffcent to furnsh all thf nformaton: n partcular: fthe SupplementalBoxs not used ths sheet need not be ncludedn the request. ' (0 tfmore (han two persons are nvolvedas applcants and/or "nventors and no "contnuaton sheet' s avalab{e: (lj f n Bb No. or n any ofthe sub-boxes ofbox No. uhe ndcaton "the States ndcated n the Supplemental Box" s checked: n such case wrte "Contnuaton ofboxno... " {ndcate the number of the Box] and furnsh thfj. nformaton n the same manner as requred accordng to the captols of'he Box n whch the space was nsuffcent; n such case wrte "Contnuaton ofbox No. ll" and ndcate for each addtonal person the same type of nformaton as requred n Box No. ; n such case wrte "Contnuaton ofbox No. l" or "Contnuaton ofbox No. " or "Contnuaton ofboxes No. andno. r (as the case may be) ndcate the name ofthe applcant(s) nvolved and next to (each) such name the Staters) (and/or where applcable ARPO Eurasan European oroappatent) for the purposes ofwhch the namedperson s applcant; (tlj (v) (v) (v) f n Bcx /.to. or n any ofthe sub-boxes ofbox No. the-nventor or the nventor/applcant s not nventorfor the pupjses ofall desgnatedstates or for the purposes ofthe Unted States ofamerca: f n addtonto the agent(s) ndcatednboxno. V there are further agents: f n Bo~ No. V. the name ofany State (or OAPl) s accompaned by the ndcaton "patent ofaddton or "certfcate ofaddton " or f n Box No. V the name ofthe Unted States ofamerca s accompaned by an ndcaton "Contnuaton" or "Contnuatonn-part": f there 4re' more than three earler applcatons whose prorty s clamed: " 2. fthe applbant clams n respect ofany desgnated Ofjlce the benefts ofprovsons of the natonal law concernng non-prejudcal dsclosures or exceptons to lack ofnovelty: n such case wrte "Contnuaton ofbox No. " or "Contnuaton ofbox No. r Or "Contnuaton ofboxes No. andno. " (as the case may be) ndcate the name ofthe nventorts] and next to (each) such name the Staters) (and/or where applcable ARlPO Eurasan European or OAPpatent) for the purposes ofwhch the namedperson s nventor; n such case wrte "Contnuaton ofbox No. V" and ndcate for each further agent the same type ofnformaton as requred n Box No. V; n such case wrte "Contnuaton ofbox No. V" and the name ofeach State nvolved (or OAP) and after the name ofeach such State (or GAP) the number ofthe parent ttle or parent applcaton and the date ofgrant ofthe parent ttle orflng ofthe parent applcaton; n such case wrte "Contnuaton ofbox No. Vt" and ndcate for each addtonal earler applcaton the same type oftnformatton as requred n Box No. V n such casewrte "StatementConcernn1lNon..Pr(;udcalDsclosures orexceptons to Lack ofnovelty" andjllrnsh that statement below. Form PCTROO sheet) (January 1996) See Notes to the requestform

7 . Box No. V PRORTY CLAM Further prorty clams are ndcated n the Supplemental Box D The prorty6fthe followng earlerapplcaton(s) s herebyclamed: Country Fllng Date Offce of fln~ (n whch ofor whch the Applcaton No. (only for regona or applcaton was fled) (day/month/year) nternatonal applcaton) tem() tem(2) : tem(3)... Markthefollowmgcheck-box fthecertfedcopyoftheearlerapplcatonsto be ssuedbytheoffcewhch/or thepurposesofthepresent nternatonal applcaton s the recevng Offce (alee may be requred): D The recevng Offce s hereby' re~uested to prepare and transmt to the nternatonal Bureaua certfed copy ofthe ear er applcaton(s) dentfed above as tem(s) : Box No. V NTERNATONAL SEARCDNG AUTHORTY Choce of nternatonal Searchng Authorty (lsa) (ftwo or more nternatonal Searchng Authortes arecompetent t6carry outthenternatonal search ndcate theauthorty chosen; thetwo-letter code maybeused): SA l- Earler search Fllnwhereasearch(nternatonal nternatonal-type orother) by thenternatonalsearchngauthortyhas alreadybeencarred outorrequestedandtheauthortysnowrequestedtobasethemernatonalsearch; totheextentpossble ontheresults ofthatearlersearch. dentfy suchsearchor feq1f st etherby reference to therelevant applcaton (orthetranslaton thereof) or by reference to the searchrequest: Country (or regonaloffce): Date (day/month/year): Number: Box No. Vll SHECK LST Ths nternatonal applcaton contans Ths D nternatonal applcaton s accompaned by the tem(s)marked below: the followng numberof sheets: 1. separate sgned 5. 0 fee calculatonsheet 1. request : sheets powerof attorney descrpton : sheets copy of general 6 0 separate ndcatons. concernng powerof attorney depostedmcroorgansms 3. clams : sheets 4. abstract : sheets 3 0 statement explanng nucleotdeand/or amnoacd lack of sgnature 7 0 sequencelstng(dskette) 5. draw~ngs : sheets 4 D pror~ documen~s) 8 0 other (specfy):. dent led n Box. o. V Total : sheets as tem(s): FgureNo. : of the drawngs(f any) shouldaccompany the ahstractwhen t s publshed. Box No. X SGNATURE OF APPLCANT OR AGENT Next toeach Sgnfture ndcate thename qftheperson sgnngandthe capacty nwhch theperson sgns afsuch capacty snotobvousfrom readngtherequest). For recevng Offceuse only ;. 1. Date of actualrecept of the purported 2. Drawngs: nternatonal applcaton: 3. Corrected date of actual recept due to later but D receved: tmely recevedpapers or drawngscompletng the purportednternatonalapplcaton: 4. Date of tmely recept of the requred D not receved: correctons under PCT Artcle 11(2): 5. nternatonw SearchngAuthorty SA / specfedby the applcant: DateofreceJt of the record copy by the nternatonal Bureau: untl searchfee s pad Transmttal of searchcopy delayed For nternatonal Bureauuse only Form PCTROO (last sheet)(january 1994; reprntjanuary 1996) See Notes to the request form

8 .L.""" """ x'"'.l< """ 1 These Noles are ntended to facltate the fllng n ofthe request form. For more detaled nformaton see the PCT Applcant's Gude a publcaton ofwpo. The Notes are based on the requrements ofle Patent Cooperaton Treaty (PCT) the Regulatons and the Admnstratvenstructons underthe PCT. n case ofany dscrepancybetweenlese Notes and lose requrements the latter are applcabl1' n the request form andthesenotes "Artcle"."Rule" and"secton" refer to the provsons ofthe PCT the PCTRegulatons and the PCT?-d1"nstratve nstructons respectvely.' Please usd a typewrter; check-boxes may be marked by hand wth black nk (Rule 11.9(a)and (bj) WHERE TO FLE THENTERNATONAL APPLCATON Thenternatonal applcaton trequest descrpton clams abstract and drawngs f any) must be fled wth a competent recevng Offce (Artcle 11(1)()}-lat s subject to any applcable pr scrptons concernng natonal securty atthe choce ofthe applcant ether: () the recevng Offce of or actngfor apct Contractng State of whch.the applcant or f lere are two or more applcants a~ least one of them s a resdent or natonal (Rule 19.(a)() or (j) or () the nternatonal Bureau of WPO n Geneva Swtzerland fthe applcant or f lere are two or more applcants at leastone ofleapplcants s a resdent or natonal ofany PCTContractng State (Rule 19.1(a)()). APPLCANT'S OR AGENT'S FLE REFERENCE A fle ref~rehee may be ndcated fdesred. t should not exceed 12 characters Characters n excess of 12 may be dsregarded. (R\le 11.6(f) and Secton 109). BOX No. Ttle of'fnventon (Rules 4.3 and 5.(a»: The ttle must be short (preferably two to seven words when n Englsh or translated nto Englsh) and precse. t must be dentcal wth the ttle headng-the descrpton. Check-box "applcant only" (Box No. ): Mark ths check-box fle person named s a legal entty or fle person named s hot- also nventor. Check-box "nventor only" (Box No. ): Markls checkbox fthe person named s nventor butnot also applcant; do notmark ths check-box fthe person s a legal entty. n Box No. one ofle three check-boxes must always be marked for each person named. Apetsonmustnotbenamedmorethan oncen Boxes.Nos; and even where that person s bothapplcant andnventor. Names and Addresses (Rule 4.4): The famly name (preferably n captal letters) must be ndcated beforethe gven name(s). Ttles and academc degrees must be omtted. Names of legal enttes must be ndcated by ler full offcal desgnatons. The address must be ndcated n such a way that t allows prompt postal delvery; t must consst of all the relevant admnstratve unts (up to and ncludng the ndcaton ofle house number fany) the postal code (fany) and the name of the country. Only one address may be ndcated per person. For.the ndcaton of a specal "address for correspondence" seethe notes to Box No. V. TelephoneFacsmleand/orTeleprnterNumbersshould be ndcated for the person named n Box No. n order to allowrapd.communcaton wth the applcant. Any such number should nclude the applcable country and area codes. BOXES Nos. AND General:At least one ofthe applcants named must be a resdent or natonal ofa PCT Contractng State for whch the recevng Offce acts (Artcles 9 and l1(1)() and Rules 18 and 19). f the nternatonal applcaton s fled wth the nternatonal Bureau under Rule 19.(a)() at least one ofthe applcants mustbe aresdentornatonalofanypctcontractng State. ' f the Unted States of Amerca s desgnated all of the nventors mustbe named as applcants (aswell as nventors) for the purposes pf\hat desgnaton (see "Dfferent Applcants for Dfferent Desgnated States" below). ndcatonwhethera Persons Appleantand/ornventor (Rues 4.5(a)and 4.6(a) and (bj): Check-box "Ths person s also nventor" (Box No. ): Mark ths check-box fle applcant named s also the nventor or one of the nventors; do not mark ths check-box f the applcant s ~ legal entty Check-box "applcant andnventor" (Box No. ): Mark ths check-box f the person named s both applcant and nventor; donot mark ths check-box fle person s a legal entty. Notes to the requestform (PCT/RO/101) (5 July 1994; reprnt January 1996) Natlonalty (Rules4.5(a) and (b) and 18.1): For each applcant thenatonalty must be ndcated by the name ofle State (.e. country) ofwhch the person s a natonal. A legal entty consttuted accordng to the natonal law of a State s consdered a natonal of that State. The ndcaton of the natonalty s not-requred where a person s nventor only. Resdence (Rules 4.5(a) and (c) and 18.1): Each applcant's State (.e. country) ofresdence must be ndcated. fthe State ofresdences not ndcated t wll be assumed to be the same as the State ndcated n the address. Possesson ofa real and effectve ndustral or commercal establshment n a State s consdered resdence n that State. The ndcaton of the resdence s not requred where a person s' nventor only: Names of States (Secton 115): For the ndcaton of names of States' the two-letter country codes appearng n WPO Standard ST.3and n the PCT Applcant's Gude Annex K may be used. Dfferent Applcants for Dfferent Desgnated States (Rules 4.5(d) 18.3 and 19.2): t s possble to ndcate dfferent applcants for the purposes ofdfferent desgnated States. At least one of all the applcants named must be a natonal or resdent of a PCT Contractng State for whch the recevng Offce acts rrespectve of the desgnated State(s) for the purposes ofwhch that applcant s named. Where the Unted

9 . desgnaton fee n respect of the regonal patent and as many desgnaton feesas there are natonal patents or other ttles of protecton sought (Rule 15.() and Secton 210). ' Extenson ofeuropean Patent (EP) to Certan States: f t s ntended at the tme of entry nto the European regonal phase to request the extenson of the subsequently granted European patent to Albana Latva Lthuana andlor Slovena (andlor to any other PCT Contractng State for whch on the date of fllng of the nternatonal applcaton an extenson agreement Wth the European Patent Organsaton s n force) BoxNo. V mustcontanboth adesgnatonofthestate concerned for the purposes ofa natonalpatentand also a desgnaton for the purposes ofobtalnng a European patent ofat leastonepct Contractng :State party to the European Patent Conventon. OAP pltent (OA): The desgnaton ofstates members of OAP and partyto the PCT can only be made for the purposes of an OAP patent (no natonal protecton s avalable); furthermore" t s not possble to desgnate only some ofthem. Choce ~fcertan Knds of Protecton or Treatment (Rules and Secton202): Where nany country where t s possble a natonalttle otherthan a patent s desred wrte after the name ofthat country on the dotted lne the name of the ttle; that s "petty patent" (avalable n Australa) "provsonal patent" (avalable n Kazakstan Kyrgyzstan Turkmenstan Uzbekstan) "utlty model" (avalable n Albana Armena Austra Brazl Bulgara Chna the Czech Republc Denmark Estona Fnland Georga Germany Hungary Japan Kazakstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lesotho Mexco Poland Portugal the Republc ofkorea the Republc oflvloldova.the RussanFederatonSlovakaSpan Tajkstan Turkey Ukrane Uzbekstan Vet Nam OAP) "utlty certfcate" (avalable n Trndad and Tobago and Uganda) or "nventor's certfcate" (avalable n the Democratc People's Republc of Korea). Where n Austra the Czech Republc Denmark Estona Fnland Germany or Slovaka (the only countres n whch ths possblty exsts) n addton to a patent a utlty model s also desred wrte after the name ofthat country "and urlty model". ; ' Where n respect ofany country where t s possble t s desred that the nternatonal applcaton be treated as an applcaton fora certan ttle "ofaddton't or as an applcaton for a "contnuaton" or a "contnuaton-n-part" wrte.after the name ofthat country the approprate words; that s "patent of addton" (avalable n AustralaAustrarGeorga Germany MalawNewZealand Slovena Span Theformer Yugoslav Republc ofmacedona) "certfcate ofaddton" (avalable n Luxembourg Madagascar OAP): "contnuaton" or "contnuat~n.n-part" (both avalable n the Urted States of Amerca). fanyofthese ndcatons s used also ndcate n the "Supplemertal Box" the State for whch such treatment s desred the numberofthe parentttle or parent applcaton and the date ofgrant ofthe parent ttle or the date offlng ofthe parent applcaton as the case may be (see tem (v) n that Box). f n Box No. V the check-boxes for makng desgnatons are marked w~consecutve Arabcnumeralsthose ndcatons wll be takento express the applcant's choce ofthe orderofthe desgnatons fanother form ofmarkng s used the order wll be taken as that n whchthe marked check-boxes appear on the form. Ths order wll only have any sgnfcance fthe amount receved for the desgnaton fees s nsuffcent to cover all the desgnatons and remans nsuffcent after the applcant has been nvted to pay the balance due; n that case the amount receved wll. be appled n payment of the fees for the desgnatons followng the sad order (Rule 16bs.1 (c) and Secton 3211). ' : Forthedesgnaton for the purposes ofa natonal patent of a State whch has become' party to the PCT after the date appearng of> the bottomofthe second sheet oftherequestform the name of the State preferably preceded by the two-letter country code must be gven togetherwth an ndcaton where applcable whether a specal knd ofprotecton or treatment s desred. Precantonary Desgnaton of States Subject to Confrmaton (Rules 4.9(b) and (c) and 15.5): For the applcant's safeguard the lower part ofbox No. V contans a statement ndcatngthe applcant's wsh tomake n addtonto the specfc desgnatons made by markng the check-boxes n the upperpartofbox No. V (at least one such desgnaton must be made) a precautonary desgnaton of all other PCT Contractng States whch are not specfcally desgnated. f the applcant does not wsh to aval hmself of ths safeguard and does not want to make any such precautonary desgnatons the statement must be crossed out. fthe applcant wshes to expressly exclude a certan State from.such precautonary desgnaton so that the nternatonal applcaton does not have any effect n that State the name or two-letter country code ofthat State should be ndcated n the space provded. n no other case s t necessary to make use of ths possblty f after flng the nternatonal applcaton the applcant notces that there are any omssons andlor mstakes among the specfc desgnatons made t wll be possble to rectfy the stuaton by confrmng the precautonary desgnatons concerned. The confrmatonofany precautonary desgnaton s possble beforethe expraton of15 monthsfrom the (earlest) prorty date ndcated n Box No. V or where no prorty s clamed the nternatonal flng date. To effect such confrmaton the applcant must fle wth the recevng Offce a wrttennotcespecfyngthe name ofeachstate thedesgnaton ofwhch s confrmed (wth where applcable an ndcaton of the knd of treatment or protecton desred) and pay to the recevng Offce for each such desgnaton a desgnaton fee (even where eleven desgnaton fees have already been pad) together wth a confrmaton fee correspondng to 50% ofthe desgnaton fee. The recevng Offce wll not send to the applcant any remnder or nvtaton to confrm precautonary desgnatons. fno precautonary desgnaton s to be confrmed no acton s requred by the applcant and the precautonary desgnatons wll then be automatcallyregardedas wthdrawnby the applcant at the expraton of 15 months from the prorty date. BOX No. V Prorty Clam (Rule 4.10): fthe prorty of an earler applcaton s clamed the declaraton contanng the prorty clam must be made n the request. The request must ndcate the country n whch the earler applcaton from whch prorty s clamed was fled (or where the earlerapplcatons aregonalor an nternatonalapplcaton at leastone country for whch t was fled) the date on whch t was fled and the number t was assgned. fthe country and the date are not ndcated the prorty clam wll for the purposes ofthe procedure under the Treaty be consdered not to have been made. f the earler applcaton s a regonal or an nternatonal applcaton the Offce wth whch that applcaton was fled must also be ndcated. f the applcaton number of the earler applcaton s not ndcated n the request but s furnshed by the applcant to the recevng Offce or to the nternatonal Bureau pror to the expraton of the 16th month from the prorty date t s consdered by all desgnated States to have been furnshed n tme: Notes to the requestform (pet/ro/101) (January 1996)

10 0 pet ~SHEET luest nternatonal applcaton No. Forrecevng Offceuse only Applcant's oragent's fle reference Datestamp of therecevng Offce Applcant CALCULAT{JNOF PRESCRBED FEES 1. TRANSMTTAL FEE SEARCH ~EE T nternaton~l sbarch to be carred outby (ftwo or mbre; nternatonal SearchnthAuthortes are competent n relaton to the nternatonal applcaton ndcate thenamecfthe Aut ortywhch schosen tocarryoutthenternatonalsearch) 3. NTE~ATONAL FEE Basc Fee Thenternatonal applcaton contans sheets. frst 30 shebts ~ x remanng ~hects addtonal amount... 1 ~ ~ Addamounts entered atb and b 2 and enter total at B.... Desgnaton Fees The nterna~onal applcaton contans x numberofdesgnaton fees payable rro.tmum 11) desgnatons. amount of desgnaton fee Add amounts entered at B and D and enter total at (Appcants frojr certan States are enttledto a reducton of 75% ojthe mternatond1:fee Where thetf'f'lcant s(orallapplcants are)soenttled; the totalto be enteredat s cfthe sumcfthe amounts enteredatband DJ 4. FEE FOR 1RORTY DOCUMENT S. TOTAL FEES'PAYABLE Add amount. entered at T S 1 and P and enter total n the TOTAL box D Thedesgnaton fees are not pad atthstme. MODE OF payment 0 ~ ~ 1 D authorzjtoh to charge depost account (see below) D bankdraft D coupons D cheque D cash D postal moneyorder revenue stamps D D other (specfy): TOTAL DEPOST AC~OUNTAUTHORZATON {ths mode ojpayment may not be avalable at all recevng Offces) TheRO D D D s hereby authorzed to charge thetotal fees ndcated above to my depost account. s hereby authorzed to charge anydefcency or credt anyoverpayment nthetotalfees ndcated aboveto my depost account. s hereby authorzed to charge thefeeforpreparaton and transmttal of the prorty document tothenternatonal Bureau ofwpo to my depost account. [ ] Depost Account Number Date (day/montwyear) Sgnature Form PCT/RO/ (Annex) (January 1996) See Notes to the fee calculaton sheet

11 (ANNEX TO FORM PCTRO/Ol) The pufpose ofthe fee calculaton sheet s to help the applcant to dentfy the prescrbed fees and to calculate the amounts to be pad. t s strongly reconunended that the applcant completethe sheetby enterng the approprate amounts n the boxes provded and submtthe fee calculaton sheet at the tme offllng ofthe nternatonal applcaton. Ths wll help the recevng Offce to verfy the calculatons and to dentfy any error n them.. nformaton about the applcable fees payable can be obtaned from the recevng Offce. The amounts ofthe nternatonal and search feesmay change due to currency fluctuatons. Applcants are advsed-tocheck what are the latest applcable amounts. All fees except nsome cases the desgnaton fee must be pad wthn one month from the date ofreceptofthe ntematonalapplcaton. See below for:further detals concernng the possblty oflater payment ofth?esgnaton fee. CALCULATlON OF PRESCRBED FEES ' Box T:: Transmttal Fee for the beneft of the recevng Offce (Rule 14.1): The amount and the due date of the transmttalfee f any are fxed by the recevng Offce. nformaton aboutths fee s contaned n Annex C ofvolume ofthe PCTApplcant's Gude. Box So Search Fee for the beneft ofthe nternatonal Searchng Authorty (SA) (Rule 16.1): The amount of the search fee s fxed by the SA. tmust be pad wthn one month from the date ofrecept ofthe nternatonal applcaton by the recevng Offce. nformaton about ths fee s contaned n Annex D ofvolume ofthe PCT Applcant's Gude. Where wo or more SAs are competent the applcant must ndcate hs choce n the space provded for ths purpose and pay the amount ofthe nternatonal search fee fxed by the SA. chosen. nformaton on the competent SA and whether the applcant h~ a choce between two or more SAs s contaned n Annex G ofvolume ofthe PCT Applcant's Gude... Box: nternatonal Fee forthe beneftofthe nternatonal Bureau (Rule 15): The nternatonal fee conssts of a basc fee and as many desgnaton fees as there are specfc desgnatons underrule~.9(a)n Box No. V (DESGNAnONOF STATES) of the request. The amounts of the basc fee and of the desgnaton fee are as set out n Swss Francs n the Schedule of Fees andthe applcable amountsofthose fees n othercurrences are as publshed n the PCT Gazette (Rule 15.2). nformaton about those fees s also contaned n Annex C of Volume of the PCT Applcant's Gude. Reducton ofthe nternatonal Fee for Applcants from Certan States: An applcant who s a natural person and who s a natonal ofand resdes n a State whose per capta natonal ncome s below 3000 US dollars (accordng to the average per capta natonal ncome fgures used by the Unted Natons for determnng ts scale ofassessments forthe contrbutons payable for the yeats and 1997) s enttled n accordance wth the ScheduleofFees to areducton of75%ofcertan PCT fees ncludngthenternatonalfee. fthere are several applcants each must satsfy the above-mentoned crtera. The reducton ofthe nternatonal fee (basc fee and desgnaton fees) wll be automatcally avalable to any applcant (or applcants) who s (or are) sol enttled on the bass of the ndcatons of name natonalty andresdence gvenn Boxes and oftherequest. Thefeereducton wll be avalable even fone or more ofthe applcants Orenot from PCT Contractng States provded that each ofthen s a natonal and resdent ofa State that meets the above-mentoned requrements and that at least one of the applcants s a.natonal or resdent of a PCT Contractng State and thus s en\tled to fle an nternatonal applcaton. Natural persons who are natonals of and resde n the followng PCT Contractng States are elgble: Albana Armena Azerbajan Belarus Benn Brazl Bulgara Burkna Faso Cameroon Central Afrcan Republc Chad Chna Congo Cote d'lvore Czech Republc Democratc People's Republc of_ Korea Estona Gabon Georga Gunea Hungary Kazakstan.. Kenya..Kyrgyzstan Latva Lesotho Lbera Lthuana Madagascar Malaw Mal Maurtana Mexco Mongola Nger Poland Republc of Moldova Romana Russan Federaton Senegal Slovaka Sr Lanka Sudan Swazland Tajkstan The former Yugoslav Republc of Macedona Togo Turkey Turkmenstan Uganda Ukrane Uzbekstan and VetNam. As far as other States are concerned nqures should be addressed to the nternatonal Bureau. Calculaton of the nternatonal Fee (Basc Fee and Desgnaton Fees) n Case of Fee Redncton: Where the applcant s (or all applcants are) enttled to a reducton ofthe nternatonalfee thetotalto be enteredat box s 25%ofthe sum ofthe amounts entered at boxes B and D (see below). Box B: Basc Fee. The amount ofthe basc fee depends on the total number of sheets of the nternatonal applcaton whch appears under "Total" n Box No. V (CHECK LST) of the request. The basc fee must be pad wthn one month from the date ofrecept ofthe nternatonal applcaton by the recevng Offce. Box D: Desgnaton Fees. The number ofdesgnaton fees due corresponds to the number of check-boxes marked n Box No. V ofthe request. The number ofdesgnaton fees whch are due s the same as the number ofnatonal patents and regonal patents n respect of whch specfc desgnatons under Rule 4.9(a) are made. Only one desgnaton fee s due for the desgnaton "AP" the desgnaton "EA" the desgnaton "EP" or the desgnaton "OA" rrespectve ofthe number ofstates for whch an ARPO patent a Eurasan patent a European patent or an OAP patent respectvely s sought. Whereany States are desgnatedtwce(onceforthe purposes ofan ARPO patent a Eurasan patent or a European patent and once for the purposesofnatonal protecton) the applcantmust pay one desgnaton fee n respect of the ARPO patent the Eurasan patent or the European patentand a further desgnaton fee n respect ofeach natonal patent or other ttle ofprotecton sought (Rule 15.() and Secton 210). Any desgnaton n excess of eleven desgnatons for whchthefee s due s freeofcharge. Thereforethemaxmum amount to be ndcated n box D s eleven tmes the amount of thedesgnatonfee. f for example 15 natonalpatentsand four regonal patents(anarpopatentaeurasanpatentaeuropean Notes to thefee calculaton sheet (Annex to Form pet/ro/101) (January 1996) -.

12 me aemana musedejuea atrecuywllnme competent mcemanonatrreummary szxammmgaumoruy or f cwoor more Aumonnes are compeenc wththe6~ chosen by the applcant ThefUll name or two-kter code ofthotauthorty may. be ndcated by the applcant on the lne below: ; PEA:----'- _ pet DEMAND under Artcle 31 ofthe Patent Cooperaton Treaty: The undersgned requests that the nternatonal applcaton specfed below be the subject of nternatonal prelmnary examnaton accordng to the Patent Cooperaton Treaty CHAPTERll dentfcaton oflpea For nternatonal Prelmnary Examnng Authorty use only Date ofrecept ofdemand Applcant's or agent's fle reference Box Nt.. DENTFCATONOFTENTERNATONALAPPLCATON ntern~tonal applcatonno. nternatonal flng date (day/month/year) (Earlest) Prorty date (day/month/year) t Ttle ofnventon Box No. n APPLCANT(S) Name and.address: rjjzamdldre namefollowed.}j;gven name; foralegalenttyfullfcaldesgnaton. : e 'SS must ncl postalcode andnameofcountry. State (l.e. country) ofnatonalty: Telephone No.: Facsmle No.: TeleprnterNo.: State (.e. country) ofresdence: N ame ~d address: (Famlynamefollowed bygven 1U1TTU; foralegalenttyfulloffcaldesgnaton. Theaddressmustncludepostalcodeandnameofcountry.) State (.e. ountry) ofnatonalty: State (.e. country) ofresdence: Narne Jmdaddress: (Famlynamefollowedbygvenname; fora legalenttyfu"offcaldesgnaton. TheaddressmustncludepostalcodeandnameofcauntryJ State (.e. country) ofnatonalty: D [Further applcants are ndcated on a contnuaton sheet. Form Pq:T/PEN401 (frst sheet) (January 1994; reprnt January 1996) State (t.e. country) ofresdence:. See Notes to the demand/arm

13 Contn~aton ofbox No.n APPUCANT(S). Sheet No.... nternatonal applcaton No. lfnone o/the/ollowng sub-boxes s used ths sheet s not to be ncluded n the demand. Nameard address: (FamlyntJnl followedbygvenname; fora ega/enttyfuoffcaldesgnaton. Theaddressmustncludepostalcodeandnameofcauntry.). StateOle. country) ofnatonalty: State (.e. country) ofresdence: Nameand address: (Famlynamefollowedbygvenname; foralegalenttyfulloffcaldesgnaton The addressmustncludepostalcodeandnameofcountry.) State (e. country) ofnatonalty: State(.e. country)of resdence: Narne andaddress: (FamlynameJollowedbygvenname; fora legalenttyfuoffcaldesgnaton. The addressmustncludepostalcodeandnameofcountry) State (e. bauntry) ofnatonalty: State (.e. country) ofresdence: Nametd'address: (Famlynamejollowedbygvenname; fora legalenttyjulloffcaldesgnaton. The addressmustncludepostalcodeandnameofcountry) State (1e. fauntry) ofnatonalty: State(.e. country) of resdence: 0 further applcants are ndcated on another contnuaton sheet. Fonn PCf/l'EN401 (contnuaton sheet) (January 1994; reprnt January 1996) See Notes to the demandform.

14 Sheet No... nternatonalapplcatonno. Box Noll AGENTORCOMMONREPRESENTATVE; ORADDRESSFORCORRESPONDENCE ThefoU?wfng persons D agent D commonrepresentatve and ll has been apponted earler and representsthe applcant(s)also for nternatonalprelmnaryexamnaton. s hereby apponted and any earler appontmentof(an) agent(s)/commonrepresentatve s hereby revoked. OJ ll. s hereby apponted specfcally for the procedure before the nternatonal Prelmnary Examnng Authorty n addton to the agent(s)/commonrepresentatveappontedearler. Name ardaddress: ~amjldnamefollowedjzgvenname; fora legalenttyjuu tca1desgnaton. : e a dress must ncl epostal code and name ofcountry. Telephone No.: Facsmle No.: '\ dj TeleprnterNo.: Mark ths check-box where no agent or common representatve s/has been apponted and the space above s used nstead to ndcate a specal address to whch correspondenceshould be sent. Box NpV STATEMENTCONCERNNGAMENDMENTS The applcant wshes the nternatonalprelmnary ExamnngAuthorty* () to start the nternatonal prelmnary examnaton on the bass of the nternatonal applcaton as orgnally fled. OJ () rh to take nto account the amendments under Artcle 34 of D D () OJ (v) OJ (v) OJ. D the descrpton(amendmentsattached). the clams (amendments attached). the drawngs (amendmentsattached). to take nto account any amendments of the clams under Artcle 19 fled wth the nternatonal Bureau (a copy s attached). to dsregard any amendments ofthe clamsmade under Artcle 19 and to consder them as reversed. to postpone the start ofthe nternatonalprelmnary examnaton untl the expraton of20 months from the prorty date unless that Authorty receves a copy of any amendments made under Artcle 19 or a notce from the applcant that he does not wsh to make such amendments(rule 69.1(d). (Thscheck-boxmay be markedonly where the tme lmt underartcle 19 has notyet expred.) * where no check-box s marked nternatonal prelmnary examnaton wll start on the bass ofthe nternatonal applcaton aslorgnally fled or where a copy ofamendments to the clams under Artcle 19 andlor amendments of the nternatonal applcaton under Artcle 34 are receved by the nternatonalprelmnary Examnng Authorty before t has begun to draw up'a wrtten opnon or the nternatonalprelmnaryexamnaton report as so amended. Box NoV ELECTONOF STATES ~ The applcant hereby electsall elgble States (thatsall Stateswhchhave been desgnatedand whchare bound by Chapter ofthe PCT) except......""""""."... "..""""""...""...."""""......"""" "..""""""... "... (fthe applcantdoes not wsh to elect certanelgblestates the name(s) or country code(s) 0/those States must be : ndcatedabove.) Fonn PC'1''EAl401(second sheet) (Jannary 1994; reprnt January 1996) See Notes to the demandform

15 Sheet No... nternatonalapplcatonno. Box NoV CHECKLST For nternatonalprelmnary The de~and s accompaned by the followng documents for the Examnng Authorty use only purposes ofnternatonal prelmnaryexamnaton: receved not receved. mhendmentsunder Artcle 34 descrpton : sheets : 0 0 clams : sheets 0 drawngs : sheets letter: accompanyng amendments ub.der Artcle 34 : sheets copy'of'amendrnentsunder Artcle 19 : sheets c6pyof statementunder Artcle 19 : sheets other (specfy): : sheets D D The den?ands also accompaned by the tem(s) marked below:. ] separate sgned power ofattorney 4. D fee calculatonsheet 2. m copy ofgeneral power ofattorney 5. D other (specfy): 3. D]: statementexplanng lack ofsgnature Box Nolvn SGNATURE OF APPLCANT AGENT OR COMMON REPRESENTATVE Nexttoedph sgnature ndcate thenameoftheperson sgnngandthecapactynwhch thepersonsgns(fsuchcapactysnotobvousfromreadng thedemand]. For nternatonalprelmnaryexamnngauthorty use only. D~teofactua1receptofDEMAND: 2. Adjusted date ofrecept of demand due tocqrrectons under Rule 60.1(b): 3 OJ' The date ofreceptofthe demand saftertheexpratonofl9 months D The applcant has been : : from the prorty date and tem 4 or 5 below does not apply. nformedaccordngly. 4 rh The date of recept ofthe demand s WTHN the perod of 19 months from the prorty date as extended by vrtue of Rule : 5 CD Although the date ofrecept ofthe demand s after the expraton of 19 months from the prorty date the delay n arrval : s EXCUSED pursuantto Rule 82. :. :... For nternatonalbureau use only Deman& receved from PEA on: Form PCfllPEAl401 (last sheet) (January 1994; reprnt January 1996) See Notes to the demandform

16 These Notes are ntended to facltate.the fllng n ofthe demand form and to gve some nformaton concernng nternatonal prelmnary examnaton under ChaJt~rl ofthe Patent Cooperaton Treaty (PCT). For more detaled nformaton see the PCT Applcant's Gnde a publcaton of WPO. The Notes are based on the requrements ofthe PCT the Regulatons and the Admnstratve nstructons under the PCT. n case ofany dscrepancy betvveeu. these Notesand those requrements the latter are applcable] -. ' n the demand form and these Notes "AJ:t~cle"-"Rule"'and "Secton" "refer to the provsons ofthe PC'' the PCT Regulatons and the Admnstratve nstructons respectvely. '. ' '" " ''.' Pleaseuse a typewrter; check-boxes may.be marked by hand wth dark nk (Rules 11.9(a) and (b) and 11.14). MPORTANT GENERAL NFORMATON Who ~ay Fle a Demand? (Artcle 31(2)(a) and Rule 54): A demand '(fornternatonal prelmnary examnaton) may only be fled by an applcant who s anatonal or resdent of a PCT Contractng State whch s bound by Chapter 11 of the PCT; furthermore the nternatonal applcatonmust' have beenfled wth a recevng Offce of or actng for a State bound by Chapter Where there are two or more applcants (for the same or dfferent elected States) at least oneof them must qualfy. Where Must the Demand Be Fled? (Artcle 31(6)(a»: The demand' must be fled wth a competent nternatonal Prelmnary ExamnngAuthorty (PEA). The recevng Offce wth whch the nternatonal applcaton was fled wll upon request gve: nformaton about the competent l'ea (or see Anoex C ofvolume ofthepct Applcant's Gude). fseveral PEAs ' are competent the applcant has the choce and the demand must be fled wth (and the fees must be pad to) the PEA chosen by the applcant. The PEA chosen by the applcant may be dentfed preferably by an ndcaton of the name or two-letter code ofthe PEA at the top of the frst sheet of the 'demand n the space provded for that purpose. when-must the Demand Be Fled? (Artcle 39(1»: The demand must be fled before the expraton of 19 months from the prorty date n order to extend the tme mt for enterng the natonal.phase of the PCT procedure from 20 to 30 months from the prorty-date. Warnng: f the demands fled later the natonal phase wll not be delayed n respect ofthe elected States and the applcant must enter the. natonal phase before the expratonlof'the tme lmt applcable under Artcle 22 (whch s usually 120 months from the prorty date). n Whe;h Language Must the Demand Be Fled? (Rule 55.1): The demand must be fled n the language of the nternato*al'applcaton f that language s Chnese Englsh French G rman Japanese or Russan;'.otherwse the demand 'must be fledn Englsh. n WpCh Language Must Amendments Be Fled? (Rule 66.~): Amendments and letters relatng thereto must be n the language ofpublcaton. Whatjls the Language of Correspondence? (Rule 92.2 and Secton 104): Any letter from the applcant to the PEA must be n the same language as the nternatonal applcaton to whch t relates. However the PEA may authorze the use of another language for letters whch do not contan' or' relate to amendments.of the nternatonal applcaton. Any letter from the applcant-to the nternatonal Bureau must be n Englsh or French at.the choce oftheapplcant. However fthe language ofthe nternatonal applcaton s Englsh the letter must be n Englsh; f the language of the nternatonal applcaton s French t1e letter must be n French. Whch Fees Must Be Pad and When? (Rules 57 and 58): At the tme the demand s submtted the applcant must pay the prelmnary examnaton fee and the handlng fee. Notes to h~ demandform (PCT/PEA/401) (January 1996) The Fee Calculaton Sh~et should be.used for that purpose. For detals concernng the payment ofthe fees" see the Notes tothat Sheet. BOX No. Appljcant'sor Agent's Fle Reference: A fle reference may be ndcated f desred. tshould not exceed 12 characters. Characters nexcess of. 12may be dsregarded (Secton 109). dentfcaton ofthe nternatonalapplcaton (Rule 53.6): The nternatonal applcaton number must be ndcated n Box No.. Where the demand s fled at a tme when the nternatonal applcaton number has not yet been notfed by the recevng Offce the name ofthat Offce must be ndcated nstead of the nternatonal applcaton number. nternatonal Flng Date and (Earlest)Prorty nate (Secton 110): Dates must be ndcated by the Arabc number ofthe day the.name ofthe month and the Arabc number ofthe year-n that order; after below or above such ndcatonthe date should be repeated n parentheses usng two-dgt Arabc numerals for each ofthe number of the day" the number ofthe month andthe last two numbers of the year n that order and separated by perods slants or hyphens e.g. "05 March 1992 ( )" "05 March 1992 (05/03/92)" or "05 March 1992 ( )". Where the nternatonal applcaton clams the prorty of several earler applcatons the flng date of the earlest applcaton whose prorty s clamed must be ndcated as the prorty date. Tttle cfthenventon: 'fa new ttle has been establshed by the nternatonal Searchng Authorty that ttle must be ndcated n BOX-No.. BOX No. Applcant(s) (Rule 53:4): All the applcants for the elected States must be ndcated n the demand; an applcant named n the request (Form PCT/RO/101) for a State whch s not elected need not be named n the demand. t should be noted that the persons"named as "nventor only" n the 'request need not be named n thedemand. Make n Box No. ofthe demand the requred ndcatons as appearng n Boxes Nos. and ofthe request. The Notes to the request apply mutats mutands. fthereare two or more applcants for the States elected n the demand gve the requred ndcatons for each of them; f there are more than three applcants make.the requred ndcatons on the "Contnuaton Sheet":. fdfferent applcants are ndcated n the request for dfferent desgnated States ndcate n Box No. ofthe demand only the applcants for the States elected n Box No. V (no ndcaton of the States for whch a person s applcant need be made because those ndcatons have been made n the request).

17 pet CHAPTER FEE CALCULATON SHEET Annex to the Demand for nternatonal prelmnary examnaton nternatonal applcaton fo. - For nternatonal Prelmnary Examnng Authorty use only _ AFePlC811t'S; or agent's. Date stamp ofthe PEA f e reference Applcaot Catcutatlon ofprescrbed fees : 1. Prelmnary examnaton fee Handlng' fee (Applcants/rom certan States are enttl~djpa reducton of75% ofthe handlngfee. Where/he applcant s (or all jplcants argdso enttled the amount to he entere at H s 25% ofthe handltngfee.) Total of'prescrbed fees Add the amounts entered at P aod H aod entertotal n the TOTAL box... Mode of~ay:ment 0 authorzaton account wth the to ch~ P (seebelow) depost 0 cash 0 chbqte 0 0 p+~ money order 0 coupons 0 bahkdraft 0 revenue stamps other (specfy): TOTAL Depost1ccountAuthorzaton (ths mode ofpayment may not be avalable at aupeas) ThePEf --- s hereby authorzed to charge the total fees ndcated above to my depost account. 0 0 (ths check-boxmaybe markedonlyfthe condtonsfordepostaccountsofthe PEA sofermg s hereby authorzed to charge any defcency or credt any overpayment n the total fees n cate above to my depost account. ' DepostAccount Number Date (day/month/year) Sgnature FormPCTrrEAl401 (Annex) (Jaouary 1996) See Notes to the fe calculaton sheet

18 NOTES TO THE FEE CALCULATON SHEET (ANNEX TO FORM PCTlPEAl401) The purpose of the fee calculaton sheets to help the applcant to dentfy the prescrbed fees and to calculate the amounts to be pad. t s strongly recommendedthat the applcant complete by enterng the approprate amounts n the boxes provded and submt the f~e calculatonsheet at the tme of flng ofthe demand. Ths wll help the nternatonalprelmnaryexamnngauthorty (PEA) to verfy the calculatons and to dentfy any error n tbem. CALCULATON OF PRESCRBED FEES Natural persons who are natonals of and resde n the followngpctcontractngstatesareelgble: AlbanaArmena Azerbajan Belarus Benn Brazl Bulgara Burkna Faso Cameroon Central Afrcan Republc Chad Chna Congo Cote d'vore Czech Republc Democratc People's Republc ofkoreaestonagabongeorgaguneahungarykazakstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Latva Lesotho Lbera Lthuana Madagascar Malaw Mal Maurtana Mexco Mongola Nger Poland Republc of Moldova Romana Russan Federaton Senegal Slovaka Sr Lanka Sudan Swazland TajkstanThe formeryugoslavrepublcof MacedonaTogo. Turkey Turkmenstan Uganda Ukrane Uzbekstan and Vet Nam. As far as other States are concerned nqures should be addressed to the nternatonal Bureau. Calculaton ofthehandlng Fee n Case of FeeReducton: Where the applcant s (or all applcants are) enttled to a reductonof the handlng fee the total tobe entered at Box H s 25% of the bandlng fee. Total Box: The total of the amounts nserted n Boxes P and H s the amount whch must be pad to the PEA. MODE OF PAYMENT n order to help the PEA dentfy tbe mode of payment of the prescrbed fees. t s recommended to mark the applcable check-box(es). AUTHORZATON TO CHARGE DEPOST ACCOUNT The applcant should check whether the PEA allows the use of depost accounts for payment of pet fees. n addton t s recommendedthat the applcantcheck what are the specfc condtons applcable to the use of depost accounts wth the PEA snce not all PEAs provde for the same servces. Fnally f the PEA s not the same natonal Offce or ntergovernmental organzaton as that wth whch the nternatonalapplcatonwas fled the depost account wth the recevng Offce cannot be charged for the purpose of payng the prelmnaryexamnatonand handlng fees due to the PEA. The PEAwll not chargefeesto depost accounts unless the depostaccountauthorzatons sgned and ndcatesthe depost account number. Notesto the1e yalculatonsheet (Annex to FormPCT1PEAl401) (January1996)